Southside Baptist Church

Southside Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1116 Manning Rd in Sumter, SC 29150-7832. It is one of 206 churches in Sumter, and one of 31 Baptist congregations in the city.

1116 Manning Rd, Sumter, SC, 29150-7832

Phone: (803) 773-6850 · Website: https://www.scbaptist.org/churches/southside-baptist-church-8/

Southside Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,009 congregations of the Baptist family gather across South Carolina — 71,417 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around Southside Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 51.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 38.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 28.4%
  • Diabetes: 24.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.1%
  • Social Isolation: 37.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 28.1% (16.4–39.8%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.0%
  • Unemployment: 9.5% (2.9–16.2%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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